Bonus Challenges
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Current Bonus Challenge (Optional)
Include the following challenge words in a drabble: amusing, method, bug, briefly, glimmer, beyond, hesitance, claim, contact, mixed.
- All ten challenge words must be included in the drabble text.
- The exact words must be used (alternate forms don't count)
- Drabble may be written for any prompt, as an entry or alternate (flash writings do not qualify).
- If more than one drabble is written by the same author using the same challenge words, the additional drabbles will not qualify for the Bonus Challenge.
- New challenge words will be randomly-selected periodically.
| Bonus Challenge Drabble | Author | Date Posted | # | Prompt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A New Beginning For the Social Media Age ![[bonus]](../gflag.png "This drabble was written using the current Bonus Challenge words.") | R. Eric Smith![[+]](../grmedal.png "R. Eric Smith wrote the first drabble using the current Bonus Challenge words!") | 22 October 2014 | 125 | start |
Previous Bonus Challenges
| Bonus Challenge | Words | Drabbles |
|---|---|---|
| 20 October 2013 | chalk, harness, battleground, wax, timeless, doom, imaginary, flicker, project, siren | 3 |
| 10 December 2012 | shamble, fragrant, disguise, lobby, snap, inside, lecture, patch, stable, absurdly | 6 |
| 30 August 2012 | from, express, major, improved, gave, travel, sold, greatest, noise, iron | 6 |
| 30 July 2012 | lump, possession, accommodation, planning, voltage, increment, cube, opposite, wall, on | 6 |
| 27 June 2012 | feel, background, plan, tendency, tag, understanding, tour, degree, viewer, many | 5 |
| 7 June 2012 | above, disappointment, emptying, tackle, debt, wood, colleague, gateway, can, month | 6 |
| 29 May, 2012 | convincing, roof, sink, tread, postcard, headache, dark, sequence, hurting, respect | 6 |
| 4 May 2012 | painting, traffic, bunch, sun, over, chase, vast, ear, stale, deputy | 7 |
April Fools 2013 Bonus Challenge
| Bonus Challenge | Words | Drabbles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2013 | cnidaria, acetylize, erysiphe, beriberic, yucateco, acetometrically, whillikers, malgra, nonhygroscopically, bedrabbled | 3 |
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